What is Barometer?

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...